SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: The Utah Jazz needed overtime to down the Lakers while the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a rout of New Orleans on Sunday to square both Western Conference series in the National Basketball Association playoffs.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florid: Sergio Garcia, arguably the best current player yet to win a major, enhanced his status with a playoff victory at the prestigious Players Championship on Sunday.
HALIFAX, Canada: Finland rallied to a 3-2 win over the US with the help of a phantom goal at the World Championships on Sunday to set up a showdown with Canada.
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania: Maxime Talbot, back after missing three games because of injury, snapped a tie in the third period Sunday as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 in the National Hockey League playoffs.
NEW YORK: Kobe Bryant accepted his Most Valuable Player trophy on Wednesday, then poured in 34 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 120-110 victory over Utah in the National Basketball Association playoffs.
MADRID: Real Madrid celebrated its league title triumph in style by crushing arch-rival Barcelona 4-1 at the Bernabeu on Wednesday and helping deprive the Catalans of an automatic place in the Champions League.
BOSTON, Massachusetts: In a game where some of the top scorers in the National Basketball Association struggled to find the mark, the Boston Celtics proved they could defeat Cleveland even on a bad night.
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